Blue Thumb Records

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Blue Thumb Records was an American record label founded in 1968 by Bob Krasnow and former A&M Records executives Tommy LiPuma and Don Graham. Blue Thumb's last record was released in 1978. In 1995, the label was revived and remained active until 2005.[1]

History

Bob Krasnow had been in the record business since the 1950s, working as a promotion man for King Records and also working for Buddah/Kama Sutra Records. Blue Thumb was originally intended by Captain Beefheart to be the name of his backing band. However, Krasnow did not think the name was right for the group. Later Krasnow chose the name for his label.

Other acts that appeared on the label include Phil Upchurch, The Crusaders,[2] The Pointer Sisters,[3] Jimmy Smith, Hugh Masekela, Ben Sidran, Last Poets,[4] Gerry Rafferty, Aynsley Dunbar's Retaliation (licensed from UK Liberty Records), Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks, Dave Mason, T. Rex (in its earlier incarnation as Tyrannosaurus Rex, licensed from the UK's Regal Zonophone Records), Ike & Tina Turner, Love, Gábor Szabó, Mark-Almond, Buddy Guy, Junior Mance, Junior Wells, Sam Lay, Sylvester, The Credibility Gap, and National Lampoon (on the Banana label imprint).

Blue Thumb originally used independent distribution, but went to Capitol/EMI for distribution in late 1970. Gulf and Western's Famous Music Group took over distribution in mid-1971, then bought the label outright in 1972. Late in 1974, the Famous Music record labels were sold to ABC Records. ABC kept Blue Thumb active for a time, mostly for albums by the Pointer Sisters and the Crusaders as well as some reissues. In 1979 ABC sold its labels to MCA Records, which discontinued the Blue Thumb imprint altogether.

In the United Kingdom and Europe, Blue Thumb releases were licensed to Harvest Records (also owned by EMI) from 1969 to 1971, and to Island Records thereafter. In 1995, an anthology CD was released, All Day Thumbsucker Revisited: The History of Blue Thumb Records, consisting of recordings from various artists from 1968 to 1974.[5]

The label was revived in 1995 for blues and soft rock releases.[1] This remained so, even after the 1998 merger with parent Universal Music Group and PolyGram and being put under the fold of the Verve Music Group, continuing to be Verve's imprint for non-jazz releases. In early 2005, the Blue Thumb imprint was deactivated and was replaced with Verve Forecast to handle such releases. UMG's reissue arm Hip-O Records has reissued several Blue Thumb recordings, including such acts as the Crusaders, Dan Hicks & his Hot Licks and the Pointer Sisters.

Catalog

Catalog Year Album Artist Notes
BTS 1 1968 Strictly Personal Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band Beefheart was going to name his band “Blue Thumb” but Krasnow felt it worked better as a label name[6]
BTS 2 1968 An Album of Political Pornography Script error: No such module "Sort". & The Credibility Gap
BTS 3 1968 Original and Authentic Recordings by the Great W.C. Fields Script error: No such module "Sort".
BTS 4 1968 The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation Script error: No such module "Sort". Retaliation
BTS 5 1969 Outta Season Ike & Tina Turner
BTS 6 1969 Doctor Dunbar's Prescription Script error: No such module "Sort". Retaliation
BTS 7 1969 Unicorn Tyrannosaurus Rex
BTS 8 1969 Truckin' with Albert Collins Script error: No such module "Sort". Reissue of The Cool Sounds of Albert Collins (TCF Hall, 1965)
BTS 9 1970 Coming Home Chicago Blue Stars Personnel includes Charlie Musselwhite, Fred Roulette, Louis Myers, Skip Rose, Jack Myers and Fred Below
BTS 10 1969 Venus in Cancer Script error: No such module "Sort".
BTS 11 1969 The Hunter Ike & Tina Turner
BTS 12 1969 Sweet Black Angel Script error: No such module "Sort".
BTS 13 1969 Ready to Ride Southwind
BTS 14 1969 Sam Lay in Bluesland Script error: No such module "Sort".'s Bluesband
BTS 15 1969 Clifton Chenier's Very Best Script error: No such module "Sort". Compilation of Arhoolie 1024/1031/1038
BTS 16 1970 To Mum From Aynsley and the Boys Script error: No such module "Sort". Retaliation
BTS 17 1969 Alegria! Bossa Rio
BTS 18 1970 A Beard of Stars Tyrannosaurus Rex
BTS 19 1970 Alone Together Script error: No such module "Sort". On multi-colored vinyl
BTS 20 1970 Buddy and the Juniors Script error: No such module "Sort"., Junior Mance & Junior Wells
BTS 21 1970 A Bad Donato Script error: No such module "Sort".
BTS 22 1970 False Start Love
BTS 23 1970 Magical Connection Script error: No such module "Sort".
BTS 24
BTS 25 1971 Dave Mason & Cass Elliot Script error: No such module "Sort". and Cass Elliot
BTS 26 1970 What a Place to Land Southwind
BTS 27 1971 Mark-Almond Mark-Almond
BTS 28 1971 High Contrast Script error: No such module "Sort". featuring Bobby Womack
BTS 29 1971 Where's the Money? Script error: No such module "Sort". & His Hot Licks
BTS 30 1971 Recorded Live at Bimbo's, San Francisco Script error: No such module "Sort".
BTS 31 1971 Naturally Script error: No such module "Sort".
BTS 32 1972 Mark-Almond II Mark-Almond
BTS 33 1971 How Are Things in Your Town? Script error: No such module "Sort". 2LP Compilation of material previously released on Dot Records
BTS 34 1972 Headkeeper Script error: No such module "Sort".
BTS 35 1972 Crazed Hipsters Finningan & Wood
BTS 36 1972 Striking It Rich Script error: No such module "Sort". & His Hot Licks
BTS 37 1972 Luis Gasca Script error: No such module "Sort". aka For Those Who Chant
Banana BTS 38 1972 Radio Dinner National Lampoon
BTS 39 1972 Chastisement Script error: No such module "Sort".
BTS 40 1972 I Lead a Life Script error: No such module "Sort".
BTS 41 1973 Space Is the Place Sun Ra Released as a quadraphonic LP only, and 8-track
BTS 42 1972 The Barbeque of Deville Hoodoo Rhythm Devils
BTS 43 1972 Private Tonight Script error: No such module "Sort".
BTS 44 1972 Stardancer Script error: No such module "Sort".
BTS 45 1973 Sylvester and the Hot Band Sylvester and the Hot Band
BTS 46 1973 Singing/Playing Script error: No such module "Sort".
BTS 47 1973 Supermellow Script error: No such module "Sort".
BTS 48 1973 The Pointer Sisters Script error: No such module "Sort".
BTS 49 1973 The Best of Ike & Tina Turner Ike & Tina Turner Compilation
BTS 50 1973 The Best of Mark-Almond Mark-Almond Compilation
BTS 51 1973 Last Train to Hicksville... The Home of Happy Feet Script error: No such module "Sort". & His Hot Licks
BTS 52 1973 At Last Script error: No such module "Sort".
BTS 53
BTS 54 1973 Dave Mason is Alive! Script error: No such module "Sort".
BTS 55 1973 Puttin' in Time on Planet Earth Script error: No such module "Sort".
BTS 56 1973 Sunforest Script error: No such module "Sort". / Pearls Before Swine
BTS 57 1973 What the Kids Want Hoodoo Rhythm Devils
BTS 58 1973 Can I Have My Money Back? Script error: No such module "Sort". Reissue of Transatlantic Records album
BTS 59 1973 Lovin' Feelin' Script error: No such module "Sort".
BTS 60 1973 Bazaar Sylvester & The Hot Band
BTS 61 1973 Face to Face Script error: No such module "Sort".
BTS 62 1972 Introducing Hedzoleh Soundz Script error: No such module "Sort".
BTS 63 1973 Butts Band Butts Band Featuring Robby Krieger and John Densmore
BTS 64 1974 Aim for the Highest Aim
BTS 65
BTS 66 1974 America, Wake Up Script error: No such module "Sort".
BTS 880 1975 Split Coconut Script error: No such module "Sort".
BTS 6000 1969 Memphis Swamp Jam Various Artists Featuring Bukka White, Piano Red, Nathan Beauregard, Sleepy John Estes, Fred McDowell & Johnny Woods, Furry Lewis, R.L. Watson & Josiah Jones
BTS 6001 1972 Crusaders 1 Script error: No such module "Sort". Two record set
BTS 6002
BTS 6003 1973 Home Is Where the Music Is Script error: No such module "Sort". Two record set
BTS 6004 1972 Lights Out: San Francisco (Voco Presents The Soul Of The Bay Area) Various Artists Two record set featuring John Lee Hooker, Clifford Coulter, Tower Of Power, Sylvester and The Hot Band, Fadil Shahin and The Casbah Band, Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks[7]
BTS 6005 1972 Darkess Darkness Script error: No such module "Sort".
Banana BTS 6006 1973 Lemmings National Lampoon
BTS 6007 1973 Unsung Heroes Script error: No such module "Sort".
Banana BTS 6008 1974 The Missing White House Tapes National Lampoon
BTS 6009 1974 That's a Plenty Script error: No such module "Sort".
BTS 6010 1974 Scratch Script error: No such module "Sort".
BTS 6011 1974 Italian Graffiti Script error: No such module "Sort".
BTS 6012 1974 Don't Let Go Script error: No such module "Sort".
BTS 6013 1974 The Best of Dave Mason Script error: No such module "Sort".
BTS 6014 1974 Gabor Szabo Live Script error: No such module "Sort".
BTS 6015 1974 I Am Not Afraid Script error: No such module "Sort".
BTS 6016 1974 The Big Bow-Wow Strain Script error: No such module "Sort".
BTS 6017
BTSD 6018 1975 Hear and Now Butts Band
BTSD 6019 1975 New Year, New Band, New Company Script error: No such module "Sort".
BTSD 6020
BTSD 6021 1975 Steppin' Script error: No such module "Sort".
BTSD 6022 1975 Chain Reaction Script error: No such module "Sort".
BTSD 6023 1977 Having a Party Script error: No such module "Sort".
BTSD 6024 1976 Those Southern Knights Script error: No such module "Sort".
BTSD 6025
BTSY 6026/2 1976 The Best of the Pointer Sisters Script error: No such module "Sort". Two record set
BTS 6027 1976 The Best of the Crusaders Script error: No such module "Sort". Two record set
BTS 6028 1977 Come Into Knowledge RAMP
BT 6029 1977 Free as the Wind Script error: No such module "Sort".
BT 6030 1978 Images Script error: No such module "Sort".
BT 6031 1978 Can I Have My Money Back? Script error: No such module "Sort". Reissue of BTS 58
BT 6032 1978 Very Best of Dave Mason Script error: No such module "Sort".
BTS 7000 1973 The 2nd Crusade Script error: No such module "Sort". Two record set
BTS 7001
BT3 7002 1995 All Day Thumb Sucker Revisited: The History of Blue Thumb Records Various Artists Three record set label sampler – despite the title, this release shares no tracks with the 1970 original
BTS 8001
BTS 8002 1974 Live at the Opera House Script error: No such module "Sort".
BTS 8701
BTS 8702 1970 All Day Thumb Sucker Various Artists Label sampler
BTS 8703
BTS 8704
BTS 8705
BTS 8706 1971 Memphis Swamp Jam Various Artists Reissue of BTS 6000
BTS 8805 1971 Outta Season Ike & Tina Turner Reissue of BTS 5
BTS 8813 1971 Ready to Ride Southwind Reissue of BTS 13
BTS 8817 1971 Alegria! Bossa Rio Reissue of BTS 17
BTS 8818 1971 A Beard of Stars Tyrannosaurus Rex Reissue of BTS 18
BTS 8819 1971 Alone Together Script error: No such module "Sort". Reissue of BTS 19 on standard black vinyl
BTS 8820 1971 Buddy and the Juniors Script error: No such module "Sort"., Junior Mance & Junior Wells Reissue of BTS 20
BTS 9000 1969 Out Here Love Two record set
BTS 9001 1972 Lenny Script error: No such module "Sort". Two record set
BT 9002 1974 Southern Comfort Script error: No such module "Sort". Two record set

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See also

References

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  3. ↑ The Pointer Sisters allmusic Retrieved 14 August 2025
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